Amazing Stories Magazine

Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in other magazines, including some published by Gernsback, but Amazing helped define and launch a new genre of pulp fiction.

RSS

ABOUT

COLLECTION

SHOW DETAILS

SORT BY

VIEWS

TITLE

DATE PUBLISHED

CREATOR

Prior Page

Amazing Stories Magazine

5,191 5.2K

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 02

May 1, 1926 05/26

by Gernsback, Hugo; Verne, Jules Gabriel, 1828-1905; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946; Winn, Charles C.; Wertenbaker, Green Peyton, 1907-1968

eye 5,191

favorite 11

comment 0

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 02 (May 1926). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine; missing back cover. Published by Experimenter Publishing Co. and edited by Hugo Gernsback. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: A Trip to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne; 1/3), Mesmeric Revelation (Edgar Allan Poe), The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells), The Infinite Vision (Charles C. Winn), The Man...
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,079 1.1K

Amazing Stories v06n12 [1932 03] (sas)

- -

eye 1,079

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v06n12 [1932 03] (sas)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,103 1.1K

Amazing Stories v06n10 1932 01

- -

eye 1,103

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v06n10 1932 01

Amazing Stories Magazine

929 929

Amazing Stories v21n12 (1947 12) (cape1736)

- -

eye 929

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v21n12 (1947 12) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

2,399 2.4K

Amazing Stories Volume 12 Number 03

Jun 1, 1938 06/38

by Palmer, Raymond Alfred, 1910-1977; Williams, Robert Moore, 1907-1977; Rocklin, Ross Louis, 1913-1988; Fearn, John Francis Russell, 1908-1960; Tanner, Charles Roland, 1896-1974; Hoar, Roger Sherman, 1887-1963

eye 2,399

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories, volume 12, number 3 (June 1938). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company and edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Periodical copyright not renewed. Most individual contributions' copyrights not renewed; one story redacted as still under copyright. This magazine and the remainder of its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: The Man Who Ruled the World (Robert Moore Williams), Escape Through Space (Ross Rocklynne), The Master of Golden City...
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

923 923

Amazing Stories v42n05 (1969 01)

- -

eye 923

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v42n05 (1969 01)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,046 1.0K

Amazing Stories v09n08 (1934 12)

- -

eye 1,046

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v09n08 (1934 12)

Amazing Stories Magazine

2,594 2.6K

Amazing Stories v19n01 1945 03 (Ziff Davis)(cape1736)

- -

eye 2,594

favorite 6

comment 0

Amazing Stories v19n01 1945 03 (Ziff Davis)(cape1736)
Topics: rand, mason, stories, amazing, frazer, sand, freaze, atlan, eyes, amazing stories, tean city, life...

Amazing Stories Magazine

888 888

Amazing Stories v10n02 (1935 05)

- -

eye 888

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v10n02 (1935 05)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,433 1.4K

Amazing Stories v03n06 (1928 09)

- -

eye 1,433

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v03n06 (1928 09)

Amazing Stories Magazine

927 927

Amazing Stories v16n10 (1942 10) (cape1736)

- -

eye 927

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v16n10 (1942 10) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,257 1.3K

Amazing Stories v22n06 (1948 06)

- -

eye 1,257

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v22n06 (1948 06)

Amazing Stories Magazine

792 792

Amazing Stories v20n08 (1946 11) (cape1736)

- -

eye 792

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v20n08 (1946 11) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

4,492 4.5K

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 07

Oct 1, 1926 10/26

by Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967; Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt, 1871-1954; Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929; Verne, Jules Gabriel, 1828-1905; Copeland, Leland Stanford, 1886-1973; Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946; Snyder, Alexander

eye 4,492

favorite 4

comment 0

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 07 (October 1926). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Experimenter Publishing Co. and edited by Hugo Gernsback. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain.
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

5,472 5.5K

Amazing Stories Volume 03 Number 01

Apr 1, 1928 04/28

by Gernsback, Hugo; Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946; Keller, David Henry, 1880-1966; Aldinger, Harley S.; Harris, Clare Winger, 1891-1968; Copeland, Leland Stanford, 1886-1973; Grant, Hal; Wolfe, Charles, S.; Christie, William Henry, 1896-1955

eye 5,472

favorite 13

comment 0

Amazing Stories Volume 03 Number 01 (April 1928). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Experimenter Publishing Co. and edited by Hugo Gernsback. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. Featuring: A Story of the Days to Come (H. G. Wells), The Yeast Men (David H. Keller), The Way of a Dinosaur (Harley S. Aldinger), Baron Münchausen's Scientific Adventures (Hugo Gernsback; 3/6), The Miracle of the Lily (Clare Winger Harris), When Hearts...
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction

Amazing Stories Magazine

945 945

Amazing Stories v66n07 (1991 11)

- -

eye 945

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v66n07 (1991 11)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,193 1.2K

Amazing Stories v03n09 (1928 12) (Missing ibc,bc) (AK)

- -

eye 1,193

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v03n09 (1928 12) (Missing ibc,bc) (AK)

Amazing Stories Magazine

964 964

Amazing Stories v07n06 (1932 09) (cape1736)

- -

eye 964

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v07n06 (1932 09) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,108 1.1K

Amazing Stories v02n01 (1927 04) (Missing ifc) (Saskia Bogof)

- -

eye 1,108

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v02n01 (1927 04) (Missing ifc) (Saskia Bogof)

Amazing Stories Magazine

2,223 2.2K

Amazing Stories v20n07 (1946 10.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)

- -

eye 2,223

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v20n07 (1946 10.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)
Topics: numar, professor, bailey, senator, betty, green, man, harry, mister, green man, professor bailey,...

Amazing Stories Magazine

975 975

Amazing Stories v27n08 (1953 12 1954 01)

- -

eye 975

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v27n08 (1953 12 1954 01)

Amazing Stories Magazine

3,072 3.1K

Amazing Stories Volume 07 Number 01

Apr 1, 1932 04/32

by Sloane, Thomas O'Conor, 1851-1940; Breuer, Miles John, 1889-1945; Olsen, Alfred Johannes, 1884-1956; Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon, 1903-1969; Wait, Robert A.; Meek, Sterner St. Paul, 1894-1972

eye 3,072

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories, volume 7, number 1 (April 1932). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Teck Publishing Corp. and edited by Thomas O'Conor Sloane, Ph.D. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: Mechanocracy (Miles J. Breuer), Seven Sunstrokes (Bob Olsen), The Lost Machine (John Wyndham), Cosmic Steeple-Chase (Robert A. Wait), and Troyana (S. P. Meek; 3/3).
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,068 1.1K

Amazing Stories v06n04 (1931 07) (Missing ifc,ibc,bc) (Gorgon776)

- -

eye 1,068

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v06n04 (1931 07) (Missing ifc,ibc,bc) (Gorgon776)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,142 1.1K

Amazing Stories v01n11 (1927 02) (krissburg)(Missing ibc)

- -

eye 1,142

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v01n11 (1927 02) (krissburg)(Missing ibc)

Amazing Stories Magazine

2,292 2.3K

Amazing Stories v20n02 (1946 05.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)

- -

eye 2,292

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v20n02 (1946 05.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)
Topics: bonur, senator, ancient, evil, dinkle, ray, surface, brack, nake, amazing stories, surface men,...

Amazing Stories Magazine

989 989

Amazing Stories v12n02 (1938 04)

- -

eye 989

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v12n02 (1938 04)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,743 1.7K

Amazing Stories v14n11 (1940 11.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)

- -

eye 1,743

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v14n11 (1940 11.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)
Topics: garr, crane, mace, vliet, hank, martian, stories, gail, ranson, amazing stories, malcolm mace, garr...

Amazing Stories Magazine

944 944

Amazing Stories v24n04 (1950 04) (cape1736)

- -

eye 944

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v24n04 (1950 04) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

3,887 3.9K

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 10

1927 1927

by Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967; Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975; Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt, 1871-1954; Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946; Breuer, Miles John, 1889-1945; Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929

eye 3,887

favorite 5

comment 0

Amazing Stories, volume 1, number 10 (January 1927). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Experimenter Publishing Co. and edited by Hugo Gernsback. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: The Red Dust (Murray Leinster), The Man Who Could Vanish (A. Hyatt Verrill), The First Men in the Moon (H. G. Wells), The Man with the Strange Head (Miles J. Breuer), and The Second...
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

5,004 5.0K

Amazing Stories Volume 01 Number 03

Jun 1, 1926 06/26

by Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967; Verne, Jules Gabriel, 1828-1905; Wertenbaker, Green Peyton, 1907-1968; Morgan, Jacque; Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946; Wolfe, Charles, S.; Leinster, Murray, 1896-1975; Butler, Ellis Parker, 1869-1937; Kline, Otis Adelbert, 1891-1946; Fezandié, Ernest Clement, 1865-1959

eye 5,004

favorite 7

comment 0

Amazing Stories, volume 1, number 3 (June 1926). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine; missing back cover. Published by Experimenter Publishing Co. and edited by Hugo Gernsback. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: A Trip to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne; 2/3), The Coming of the Ice (G. Peyton Wertenbaker), Mr. Fosdick Invents the Seidlitzmobile (Jacque Morgan), The Star (H....
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,342 1.3K

Amazing Stories Quarterly v01n03 1928 Summer.Experimenter (c2c)

- -

eye 1,342

favorite 4

comment 0

Amazing Stories Quarterly v01n03 1928 Summer.Experimenter (c2c)
Topics: taine, atlantis, aelios, sunken, upper, quarterly, stranahan, atlantean, villiers, amazing stories,...

Amazing Stories Magazine

872 872

Amazing Stories v08n06 (1933 10) (Missing 619 622)

- -

eye 872

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v08n06 (1933 10) (Missing 619 622)

Amazing Stories Magazine

881 881

Amazing Stories v12n01 (1938 02) (Missing ifc,1) (cape1736)

- -

eye 881

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v12n01 (1938 02) (Missing ifc,1) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

902 902

Amazing Stories v18n03 (1944 05) (cape1736)

- -

eye 902

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v18n03 (1944 05) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,027 1.0K

Amazing Stories v04n06 (1929 09) (jvh sas)

- -

eye 1,027

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v04n06 (1929 09) (jvh sas)

Amazing Stories Magazine

863 863

Amazing Stories v08n11 (1934 03) (bogof39 El PM)

- -

eye 863

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v08n11 (1934 03) (bogof39 El PM)

Amazing Stories Magazine

765 765

Amazing Stories v16n04 (1942 04) (Missing ibc,bc) (cape1736)

- -

eye 765

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v16n04 (1942 04) (Missing ibc,bc) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,138 1.1K

Amazing Stories v16n02 (1942 02) (cape1736)

- -

eye 1,138

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v16n02 (1942 02) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

949 949

Amazing Stories v17n01 (1943 01) (cape1736)

- -

eye 949

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v17n01 (1943 01) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

929 929

Amazing Stories v48n06 (1975 05)

- -

eye 929

favorite 5

comment 0

Amazing Stories v48n06 (1975 05)

Amazing Stories Magazine

3,654 3.7K

Amazing Stories Volume 06 Number 01

Apr 1, 1931 04/31

by Sloane, Thomas O'Conor, 1851-1940; Silberberg, Leslie Francis, 1905-1991; Dare, John C.; Keller, David Henry, 1880-1966; Hale, Stephen G.; Ernst, Paul Frederick, 1899-1985; Gallun, Raymond Zinke, 1911-1994; Schoepflin, Harold Vincent, 1893-1968; Schachner, Nathaniel, 1895-1955; Zagat, Arthur Leo, 1895-1949

eye 3,654

favorite 4

comment 0

Amazing Stories, volume 6, number 1 (April 1931). Scanned copy of a pulp magazine published by Radio-Science Publications, Inc. and edited by Thomas O'Conor Sloane, Ph.D. Periodical copyright not renewed. Individual contributions' copyrights not renewed. This magazine and its contents are now in the public domain. Featuring: Across the Void (Leslie F. Stone; 1/3), Cosmic Power (John C. Dare), The Ambidexter (David H. Keller), The Laughing Death (Stephen G. Hale), Hidden in Glass (Paul Ernst),...
Topics: pulp, pulps, pulp magazine, science fiction, amazing stories

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,030 1.0K

Amazing Stories v08n08 (1933 12)

- -

eye 1,030

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v08n08 (1933 12)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,215 1.2K

Amazing Stories v03n04 1928 07

- -

eye 1,215

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v03n04 1928 07

Amazing Stories Magazine

810 810

Amazing Stories v26n03 (1952 03) (EPM)

- -

eye 810

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v26n03 (1952 03) (EPM)

Amazing Stories Magazine

814 814

Amazing Stories v32n12 (1958 12) (cape1736)

- -

eye 814

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v32n12 (1958 12) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

955 955

Amazing Stories v06n11 [1932 02] (sas)

- -

eye 955

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v06n11 [1932 02] (sas)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,007 1.0K

Amazing Stories v10n08 (1936 02)

- -

eye 1,007

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v10n08 (1936 02)

Amazing Stories Magazine

965 965

Amazing Stories v12n04 (1938 08)

- -

eye 965

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v12n04 (1938 08)

Amazing Stories Magazine

2,025 2.0K

Amazing Stories v16n09 1942 09 Ziff Davis

- -

eye 2,025

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v16n09 1942 09 Ziff Davis
Topics: ship, mace, blake, captain, ludlow, brand, reese, stories, eyes, amazing stories, red johnson, puna...

Amazing Stories Magazine

834 834

Amazing Stories v10n03 (1935 06) (Missing ibc,bc)

- -

eye 834

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v10n03 (1935 06) (Missing ibc,bc)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,124 1.1K

Amazing Stories v07n04 (1932 07)

- -

eye 1,124

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v07n04 (1932 07)

Amazing Stories Magazine

769 769

Amazing Stories v17n08 (1943 08) (cape1736)

- -

eye 769

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v17n08 (1943 08) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,444 1.4K

Amazing Stories v19n03 1945 09 cape1736

- -

eye 1,444

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v19n03 1945 09 cape1736

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,256 1.3K

Amazing Stories v24n10 (1950 10)

- -

eye 1,256

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v24n10 (1950 10)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,070 1.1K

Amazing Stories v25n09 (1951 09) (cape1736)

- -

eye 1,070

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v25n09 (1951 09) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

913 913

Amazing Stories v58n04 (1984 11)

- -

eye 913

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v58n04 (1984 11)

Amazing Stories Magazine

883 883

Amazing Stories v63n05 (1989 01) (Gorgon776)

- -

eye 883

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v63n05 (1989 01) (Gorgon776)

Amazing Stories Magazine

897 897

Amazing Stories v01n05 (1926 08) (ufikus DPP)

- -

eye 897

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v01n05 (1926 08) (ufikus DPP)

Amazing Stories Magazine

932 932

Amazing Stories v13n01 (1939 01) (cape1736)

- -

eye 932

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v13n01 (1939 01) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,108 1.1K

Amazing Stories v14n01 1940 01 cape1736

- -

eye 1,108

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v14n01 1940 01 cape1736

Amazing Stories Magazine

733 733

Amazing Stories v14n05 (1940 05) (cape1736)

- -

eye 733

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v14n05 (1940 05) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,848 1.8K

Amazing Stories v15n08 1941 08)

- -

eye 1,848

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v15n08 1941 08)
Topics: muddle, ship, gluge, uninhibited, hin, malone, stories, amazing, junior, amazing stories, tan...

Amazing Stories Magazine

697 697

Amazing Stories v19n04 (1945 12) (cape1736)

- -

eye 697

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v19n04 (1945 12) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

886 886

Amazing Stories v21n08 (1947 08) (cape1736)

- -

eye 886

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v21n08 (1947 08) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

695 695

Amazing Stories v21n06 (1947 06) (cape1736)

- -

eye 695

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v21n06 (1947 06) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,247 1.2K

Amazing Stories v27n03 (1953 03) (cape1736) (no ibc,bc)

- -

eye 1,247

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v27n03 (1953 03) (cape1736) (no ibc,bc)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,042 1.0K

Amazing Stories v24n03 (1950 03) (oak)

- -

eye 1,042

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v24n03 (1950 03) (oak)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,022 1.0K

Amazing Stories v07n02 1932 05

- -

eye 1,022

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v07n02 1932 05

Amazing Stories Magazine

854 854

Amazing Stories v05n011 (1931 02) [beb]

- -

eye 854

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v05n011 (1931 02) [beb]

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,092 1.1K

Amazing Stories v04n10 [1930 01] (sas)

- -

eye 1,092

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v04n10 [1930 01] (sas)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,346 1.3K

Amazing Stories v14n02 (1940 02.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)

- -

eye 1,346

favorite 2

comment 0

Amazing Stories v14n02 (1940 02.Ziff Davis)(cape1736)
Topics: duke, burke, randell, hillory, langley, tumps, stories, quelchal, amazing, amazing stories, duke...

Amazing Stories Magazine

757 757

Amazing Stories v24n12 (1950 12) (cape1736)

- -

eye 757

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v24n12 (1950 12) (cape1736)

Amazing Stories Magazine

830 830

Amazing Stories v57n01 (1983 05) (EXciter dtsg0318)

- -

eye 830

favorite 1

comment 0

Amazing Stories v57n01 (1983 05) (EXciter dtsg0318)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,134 1.1K

Amazing Stories v04n02 [1929 05] (sas)

- -

eye 1,134

favorite 0

comment 0

Amazing Stories v04n02 [1929 05] (sas)

Amazing Stories Magazine

1,315 1.3K

Amazing Stories v05n08 (1930 11)

- -

eye 1,315

favorite 3

comment 0

Amazing Stories v05n08 (1930 11)

MORE RESULTS
Fetching more results

DESCRIPTION

Amazing was published, with some interruptions, for almost eighty years, going through a half-dozen owners and many editors as it struggled to be profitable. Gernsback was forced into bankruptcy and lost control of the magazine in 1929, and by 1938 it was purchased by Ziff-Davis, who hired Raymond A. Palmer as editor. Palmer made the magazine successful though it was not regarded as a quality magazine within the science fiction community. In the late 1940s Amazing presented as fact stories about the Shaver Mystery, a lurid mythos that explained accidents and disaster as the work of robots named deros, which led to dramatically increased circulation but widespread ridicule. Amazing switched to a digest size format in 1953, shortly before the end of the pulp-magazine era. It was sold to Sol Cohen's Universal Publishing Company in 1965, which filled it with reprinted stories but did not pay a reprint fee to the authors, creating a conflict with the newly formed Science Fiction Writers of America. Ted White took over as editor in 1969, eliminated the reprints and made the magazine respected again: Amazing was nominated for the prestigious Hugo award three times during his tenure in the 1970s. Several other owners attempted to create a modern incarnation of the magazine in the following decades, but publication was suspended after the March 2005 issue. A new incarnation appeared in July 2012 as an online magazine.

Gernsback's initial editorial approach was to blend instruction with entertainment; he believed science fiction could educate readers. His audience rapidly showed a preference for implausible adventures, however, and the movement away from Gernsback's idealism accelerated when the magazine changed hands in 1929. Despite this, Gernsback had an enormous impact on the field: the creation of a specialist magazine for science fiction spawned an entire genre publishing industry. The letter columns in Amazing, where fans could make contact with each other, led to the formation of science fiction fandom, which in turn had a strong influence on the development of the field. Writers whose first story was published in the magazine include John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Howard Fast, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Thomas M. Disch. Overall, though, Amazing itself was rarely an influential magazine within the genre after the 1920s. Some critics have commented that by "ghettoizing" science fiction, Gernsback in fact did harm to its literary growth, but this viewpoint has been countered by the argument that science fiction needed an independent market to develop in to reach its potential.

ACTIVITY

comment

Collection Info

Addeddate: 2017-05-07 19:18:53

Collection: pulpmagazinearchive
additional_collections
texts

Identifier: amazingstoriesmagazine

Mediatype: collection

Publicdate: 2017-05-07 19:18:53

Title: Amazing Stories Magazine

Created on

May 7
2017

Jason Scott
Archivist

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

Sketch the Cow
Archivist

VIEWS — About the New Statistics

Total Views 670,384

DISCONTINUED VIEWS

Total Views 668,749

ITEMS

Total Items 708

TOP REGIONS (LAST 30 DAYS)

(data not available)

Amazing Stories Magazine

Filters 708 RESULTS

Media TypeMedia Type

YearYear

Topics & SubjectsTopics & Subjects

CollectionCollection

CreatorCreator

LanguageLanguage

eye 5,191

favorite 11

comment 0

eye 1,079

favorite 1

comment 0

eye 1,103

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 929

favorite 1

comment 0

eye 2,399

favorite 2

comment 0

eye 923

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,046

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 2,594

favorite 6

comment 0

eye 888

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,433

favorite 2

comment 0

eye 927

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,257

favorite 2

comment 0

eye 792

favorite 3

comment 0

eye 4,492

favorite 4

comment 0

eye 5,472

favorite 13

comment 0

eye 945

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,193

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 964

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,108

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 2,223

favorite 3

comment 0

eye 975

favorite 2

comment 0

eye 3,072

favorite 3

comment 0

eye 1,068

favorite 0

comment 0

eye 1,142

favorite 2

comment 0

708
RESULTS

Media Type

Year

Topics & Subjects

Collection

Creator

Language